Wood
Wood, Leonard, Any , Can Soldier And Administrate ' ".' • N. H., 9 Oct. 1860. He Was Graauateo At The Harvard Medical School In 1884, And In 1885 Became A Con .pct-- On In Al United States Army. In 189 ., 11 I Cu T ' And Assistant Surgeon, ...
Wood Lark
Wood-lark, A European Lark (lullulo Arborea) Closely Allied To The Sky-lark (q.v.), But Distinguished By Its Smaller Size, Shorter Tail, A Distinct Light Streak Over The Eyes And Cars And More Distinct Markings On The Breast. It Perches Upon Trees, And Is Found Chiefly In Fields Near The Borders Of ...
Wood Oil
Wood Oil. The Name Given In Commerce To A Resinous Juice Which Exudes From Various Trees Of Eastern Asia. It Has A Fine Aromatic Odor. And Is Used For A Great Variety Of Pur Poses; In Medicine As A Substitute For Copaiha Balsam; By Sailors For Paying The Seams Of ...
Woodberry
Woodberry, Wild'ber-t, George Ed Ward, American Critic And Poet: B. Beverly, Mass., 12 May 1855. He Was Graduated From Harvard In 1877, Became Professor Of English In The University Of Nebraska In 1878-79, Was On The Nation Staff In 1879-80, Was Again At Nebraska, And Subsequently, Until 1891, Was In ...
Woodburytype Printing
Woodburytype Printing, Aproc Ess For Obtaining By Means Of Photography A Picture Or Illustration For Press Printing. This Process Was Invented By W. B. Woodbury, And Is The Only Photo-mechanical One Which, In The Printing Press, Realizes The Gradations Of Tone Without Grain Or Texture Of Any Kind. The Idea ...
Woodcock
Woodcock, Any Of Several Birds, Par Ticularly Certain Snipe-like Birds Of The Family Sculopaciddr. The American Woodcock, Duck Snipe, Bog-sucker, Big-headed Snipe, Mud Snipe, Etc., As This Bird Is Variously Named By Gunners. Is The L'itilohelo Minor Of Ornithologists. The Body Is Full And Robust; The Wings Short And Rounded; ...
Woodpecker
Woodpecker, A Bird Of The Family Picidar, One Of The Most Sharply Defined Fanu Lkes Of Birds Which, With The Related Picisni Max And Form The Natural Order Pica. These Birds Tease A Unique Type Of Bony Palate (srurogiwthous) Especially Characterized By The Separation Of The %timer Into A Pair ...
Woodward
Woodward, Calvin Milton, American Educator: B. Fitchburg, Mass., 25 Aug. 1837; D. Saint Louis, Mo. 12 )an. 1914. He Was Graduated At Harvard University In L860 And Was Principal Of Brown High School, New Buryport, Mass. (1860-65). During One Year Of The Civil War Be Was Captain Of Company A, ...
Wool
Wool, Whl, John =is American Gen Eral: B. Newburgh, N. Y., 20 Feb. 1789; D Troy, N. Y., 10 Nov. 1869. He Was In Earls Life Proprietor Of A Bookstore In Tray, And Lint Property Being Consumed By Fire, He Turned To The Law, But His Studies Were Interrupted By ...
Wool
Wool. Wool Is The Soft Elastic Fiber Which Is Grown On The Domestic Sheep. It So Closely Resembles The Longer Hairy Fibres Growing On The Llama, Alpaca, Angora And Cashmere Goats That These Fibres Are Imported Under The Name Wool For Commercial Reasons. \youl Is Shorn From The Sheep Ordinarily ...
Woolner
Woolner, Thomas, English Sculptor And Poet: B. Hadleigh, Suffolk, 17 Dec. 1825; D. London, 7 Oct. 1892. At 12 He Was Placed In The Studio Of William Behnes, In 1842 En Tered The Schools Of The Royal Academy, And In The Following Year His First Work, 'eleanor Sucking The Poison ...
Woolwich
Woolwich, England, A Munici Pal And Parliamentary Borough Of London, In Kent, Eight Miles Below London Bridge. Area, 8,277 Acres. It Has Many Ancient, Together With A Number Of Handsome Modern Houses, An Old Church (restored 1894), Other Of Worship, A Town Hall And Several Charitable En Dowments. It Owes ...
Wooster
Wooster, Wus'ter, David, Americin Resolutionary General: H. Stratford, Conn., 2 March 1710; D. Danbury, Conn., 2 May 1777. Lie Was Graduated At Yale College In 1738, And In 1739, When The War Broke Out Between Eng Land And Spain, Entered The Provincial Army As Lieutenant, And Was Subsequently Made Captain ...
Worcester
Worcester, Noah, American Theolo Gian: B. Hollis, N. H., 25 Nov. 1758; D Brighton. Mass.. 31 Oct. 1837. He Was A Lifer In The Continental Army In 1775. And Entered The Service Again For A Short Time As Fife-eriayor In 1777. In 1786 He Was Licensed To Preach By A ...
Worcester
Worcester, Mass., City And County-seat Of Worcester County, On The Blackstone River, And On The New York, New Haven And Hart Ford, The Boston And Maine And The New York Central Railroads, 44 Miles West Of Boston And 45 Miles Northwest Of Providence. Electric Railways Extend To All The Nearby ...
Worcester Polytechnic In Stitute
Worcester Polytechnic In Stitute, A Professional School Of Engineer Ing And Chemistry Located At Worcester, Mass. It Was Founded By A Gift Of $100,000 From John Boynton Of Templeton; Was Chartered In 1865, And Opened To Students In 1868. Since That Time Its Resources Have Been Largely Increased Both By ...
Worcester Porcelain
Worcester Porcelain. In 1751, Dr. John Wall, Physician, And William Davis, Apothecary, Established The "worcester Ton Quin Manufacture,' To Imitate Chinese Blue And-white Ware. Many Connoisseurs Declare Some Of The Porcelain Pieces Were The Best Ever Made In England. Robert Hancock, The Clever Engraver At The Battersea Enamel Works, Helped ...
Worcester_2
Worcester, Samuel Austin. American Missionary And Translator: B. Worcester, Mass., 19 Jan. 1798; D. Park Hill, Indian Territory, 20 April 1868. His Father Was A Congregational Minister And Also A Printer. His Parents Moved To Vermont During His Childhood. He Was Edu Cated In The University Of Vermont (of Which ...
Worcester_3
Worcester, England, (i) A &y, The Capital Of Worcestershire, Situated In A Beauti Ful Vale On The Eastern Bank Of The Severn, 120 Miles West-northwest Of London. The Cathedral Is A Noble Specimen Of Gothic Simplicity. It Was First Erected By Ethelred, King Of Mersa, In 680, And A Later ...
Wordsworth
Wordsworth, William, English Poet: B. Cockermouth, Cumberland, 7 April 1770; D. Rydal Mount, W'esunoreland, 23 April 1850. He Was The Second Son Of John Wordsworth, Attorney-at-law, Who Was Descended From A Yorkshire Family Dating Back To The Norman Conquest. His Mother, Anne Cookson, Be Longed To An Ancient Family Of ...
Workhouse
Workhouse, In The United States, A Correctional Prison For Petty Offenders. In England The Poorhouse Is Called A °workhouse? Workhouses Appear To Have Been Correctional Originally In England Also And Were First Erected In The Reign Of Charles Ii In Order To Compel Rogues And Vagabonds To Work For A ...
Workmens Compensation
Workmen's Compensation, A System Of Indemnifying Wage-workers And Em Ployees Generally For Economic Losses Caused By Injuries (either Through Accident Or Occupational Disease) And Due In Employment The Modern Deselopment Of Industry, Especially Through Ap Plication Of Mechanical Energy And Complicated Machinery And Throtizh The Grost Th In The Di ...
World Politics And The
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Worlds Columbian Exposi Tion
World's Columbian Exposi Tion. An International Exposition Held In Chicago, Ill., In 1893, To Celebrate The 400th Anniversary Of The Discovery Of America By Columbus. History.— The Fitness Of Some Special Cele Bration Of The Discovery Of America Bad Been Rt•cognozed And The Question Agitated Several The Bill Providing For ...
Worms
Worms. Vorms, Hesse-darmstadt, Town As The Rhine, Nine Miles Northwest Of Mannheim The Town Is Irregularly Built And Has Remains Of Its Mediteval Walls And Ramparts. Its Princi Pal Building Is The Cathedral, Completed And Can Secrated In 1101, A Noble Romanesque Structure With Four Elegant Towers, Two Domes, A ...
Worship
Worship, Freedom Ol (the Word Wor Ship Is Derived From A. S. Weorthscipe° Worth, Worthy, + Tripe, Ship; It Meant Worthi Ness In 0. E., And Is Now Used To Designate Reverence For A Person Or A Thing). Reverence Is The Honor Due To Another Because Of Some Excellence Which ...
Wotton
Wotton, Weit'on. Ste Henry, English Diplomat And Poet: B. Boughton Malherbc, Kent, 30 March 1568; D. Eton, December 1639. He Was Educated At Oxford. And Having Studied Civil Law Under An Eminent Italian Professor, Became Proficient In The Italian Language. He Visited All The Principal Countries Of The Con Tinent ...
Wound
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Wren
Wren, Cen, Sir Christopher, English Architect: B. East Knoyle, Wiltshire, 20 Oct. 1632; D. Hampton Court, Berkshire, 25 Feb. 1723. He Entered As A Student At Wadham Col Lege, Oxford, In 1646, Having Previously Given Proofs Of Genius By The Invention Of Astro Nomical And Pneumatic Instruments. In 1647 Be ...
Wren_2
Wren, A Family (tlod3rtitfe) Of Pas Serine Birds, Having A Slender, Slightly Cursed And Pointed Bill, With The Exposed Nosy Is Partly Concealed By A Scale, The Wings Very Short And Rounded, With Nine Well Developed And The First Short Primaries, The Tail Short And Often Carried Erect; The Legs ...
Wrestling
Wrestling, The Most Ancient Form Of Athletic Exercise, And At One Time The Favorite Pastime Of The Greeks. The Olympic Games (q.v.), The Great Festival Of The Greeks, Which Were Instituted For The Exhibition Of Various Trials Of Strength And Skill, Included Races On Foot And With Horses And Chariots, ...
Wright
Wright. Carroll Davidson, American Statistician And Sociologist : H. Dunbarton, N. H., 28 July 1840; D Worcester, Mass., 20 Feb. 1909. After Studying Law, He Enlisted In The 14th New Hampshire Volunteers At The Outbreak Of The Civil War, And In 1864 Became Its Colonel. In 1865 He Was Admitted ...
Wright_2
Wright. Silas. American Statesman Amherst, Mass., 24 May 1795; D. Canton, N Y. 27 Aug. 1847. He Was Graduated At Middle Bury College. Vermont, In 1815. Studied Law. Was Admitted To The Bar In 1819, And Established Himself As An Attorney At Canton, N, Y. In 1823 He Entered The ...
Wrightsville
Wrightsville, York County, Pa., On The Susquehanna River, 31 Miles Southeast Of Harrisburg And 11 Miles Northeast Of York, Was The Farthest Point East Reached By The Confederates During The Civil War. In The Campaign Preceding Gettysburg General Early Was Ordered To Seize The Bridge Across The Sus Quehanna At ...
Writ
Writ. In General Understanding A Writ Is A Mandatory Precept Issued By The Authority Of And In The Name Of The Executive Branch Of The State For The Purpose Of Compelling The Defend Ant To Do Some Particular Thing Mentioned In The Instrument. Writs Are Generally Classified As Mandamus, Habeas ...
Writing
Writing, The Art Of Recording Ideas In Means Of Characters Or Figures Of Some Sort Impressed Upon Some Kind Of Material Su's Stance. History, Though It Does Not Throw Corn Pktc Light On The Origin Of Writing, Suffices To Show Certain Stages In Its Progress, And Upon These A Classification ...
Wu Hu
Wu-hu, Woo'hoo', Cbina, A Treaty-port, Opened In 1877, In The Province Of Ngan-hwei, On The Right Bank Of The Yangose-kiang Riser, Al•out 200 Miles West Of Shanghai And 60 Miles Aleo E Nauking. Some Manufactures And A Con S;derable Trade Arc Carried On. Canals Connect The City With A Large ...
Wuchousen
Wuchousen, The Great Wind Eagle, A Mythological Character, Universally Believed In By The Numerous Tribes Of Algonquin Indians. Of Him Many Fabulous Stories Are Told. Ac Cot Ding To The Passamaquoddy Legend, In Which He Is Called The-bird-who-blows-the-winds, Wuchousen Lives Far In The North, On A Huge Rock Whose Top ...
Wundt
Wundt, Wilhelm (max), German Physi Ologist,psychologist And Philosopher: B. 16 Aug. 1832, Near Mannheim. During The Years 1851-56 He Studied At Tubingen, Heidelberg And Berlin. In 1857 He Became Privatdocent, And In 1864 Assistant Professor Of Physiology At Heidelberg Where He Remained Until 1874. Here He Wrote His First Important ...
Wurttickberg
Wurttickberg, Viirearn-bry, Or Wurtr14bero, Until 1918 A Southwestern State And Kingdom Of The Late German Em Pire, Between Bavaria, Baden, Hohenzollern, And The Lake Of Constance, Which Separsies It From Switzerland; Area, 7,534 Square Miles. It Was Formerly Included In The Territory Of Swabia (q.v.). Except A Few Tracts In ...
Wurzburg
Wurzburg, Bavaria, City And Capital Of Lower Franconia, On The River Main, 62 Miles Southeast Of Frankfort And At The Junc Tion Of The Main Railway Lines To Nuremberg And Bamberg. The River Is Crossed Here By Three Bridges, Of Which The First Is A Stone Structure Built In 1474-1607; ...
Wyatt
Wyatt, Sra Thomas, English Poet: B. Kent, About 1503, D. Sherborne, 1)orcetshire, 11 Oct L.42 He Was Graduated From Cambridge In 1518, May Have Studied At Oxford, And Sub Sr.lurmtiv Went On His Travels To Thr Continent. After His Return To England He Appeared At Court, Where The Rrputation He ...
Wycherley
Wycherley, Wlch'!r-i1 Wtiha Is, Eng Lish Wit And Dramatist: H. Dive, Shropsmre, About 1640; D. London, 1 Jan. 1716. About 1655 He Went To France For His Education, But He Re Turned To England A Short Time Before The Res Toration, And Was Entered A Gentleman Com Moner Of Queen's ...
Wyoming
Wyoming, University Of, Located At Laramie, Wyo. It Was Chartered By The Legis Lature Of The Territory Of Wyoming In 1886, And Opened To Students In 1887; The First State Legislature In 1890 Passed An Act Enlarging The Scope Of The University And Also Made The State Agricultural College Provided ...
Wyoming
Wyoming (indian, Plains'), A State Of The United States, Is The Rocky Mountain Region, Beta Ern The Lels, Lat. 41' And 45' N, And Between Ks I04' 3' And 111° 3' W. Portions Of The Louisi Ana Purchase, The Oregon Claim, The Texas An Nexation And The Mexican Cession Are ...
Wyoming Valley
Wyoming Valley. A Crescent-shaped Valley In Luzerne County, Pa., Traversed By The Northern Branch Of The Susquehaama River; Length, 21 Miles. It Is A Fertile Alluvial Plain, With Rich Deposits Of Anthracite Coal, And Is Noted For Its Beautiful Scenery. The Valley Was Claimed By The Colony Of Connecticut As ...
Wythb
Wythb, With. George, American Patriot: H. 1726 In The County Of Flfr.abcth City, Va., A Short Distance From Yorktown; D. Richmond, Va., 1806. One Of His Ancestors Was George Keith (1639-1716), A Scotch Quaker, Distin Guished . As A Mathematician And Oriental Scholar, Who Emigrated To America About 1684. On ...
Wytheville
Wytheville, Military Operations At. During The Civil War The Lead Mines And Works Near Wytheville Assumed Much Importance. On 13 July 1863 Col. John T. Toland, The Second Ca West Virginia Cavalry And Ohio Mounted Infantry, About 800 Men, Started From Fay Etteville, W. Va., To Damage The Lead Works ...
Wyttenbach
Wyttenbach, Johanna Galion, Dutch Writer: D. Leyden (18-v). She Was Married To D. Wyttenbach (9.v.) When He Was 72, And After Her Husband S Death Lived At Paris And Was Given The Degree Of Doctor In Philolopb) By Marburg, In Le27. Among Her Writings Sera Th Ea Gen Ra ' ...
X Ray
X-ray, The, A Ray Proceeding From A Glass Bulb From Which Air Has Been Highly Hich An Electric Charge Is Being Discovered List Rontgen In Wurtzburg, 1895. Hundreds Of Others Had Ex Perimented With Crookes Tubes, Glass Bulbs Ex Hausted To One Millionth Of An Atmosphere And Enclosing The Terminals ...
Xenophon
Xenophon. Zkn'6-fon, Ancient Greek His Torian And General: B. Athens, About 434 S.c.; D Corinth, About 355 S.c. He Lived During A Period In Which The Greatest Political And Intel Lectual Excitement Existed At Athens, And In Which The Most Distinguished Men. Of Whom He Was One, Appeared On The ...
Xerophytes
Xerophytes, Zer'd-fits, Plants Which Have Guarded Themselves By Structural Means Against Excessive Transpiration. The Term Was Originally Applied To Plants Living In Dry And Sandy Soil, Or On Rocks, And To Those In Habiting Deserts; But It Is Now Extended To Plants Existing In Localities Where, For One Reason Or ...
Xerxes I
Xerxes I. Zerk'si-z, King Of Persia: B About 519 Wc.; D. 465 Etc He Was A Younger Son Of Darius, The Son Of Hystaspes. And Began To Reign In 485. He Was Preferred To His Elder Half-brothers, Born Before His Father Was Raised To The Throne; Xerxes Was Born After ...
Ximenes
Ximenes, Zi-me'riez Sp. He-sni'ruis. Or Jimenes (or Ximenes) De Cisneros, Francisco, Spanish Ecclesiastic, Prime Minister And Regent: B. Torrelaguna, Castile, 1436; D. Roa, Near Valladolid. 8 Nov. 1517. Ile Was Graduated In Civil And Canon Law At Sala Manca In 1456, Became A Priest And Going To Rome Practised In ...
Xylopia
Xylopia, A Genus Of Anonaceous Trees Or Shrubs, Natives Of Tropical Regions, With Coria Ceous Leaves, Commonly Two-ranked, And Flowers In Realsry Dusters Or Solitary. The Corollas Have Six Petals, The Outer Three Elon Gated, Boat-shaped, Curving Over And Partially Enclosing The Other Three. The Receptacle It Conical, With The ...
Yachts And Yachting
Yachts And Yachting. A Yacht, As Distinguished From A Boat Or Ship, Is A Vessel Designed For Pleasure, Not Commerce, Usually Built For Both Comfort And Speed, And Often Luxuriously Equipped. It May Be Either A Sail Ing Vessel Of One, Two Or More Masts, Or A Steam Or Gasoline-power ...
Yakutsk
Yakutsk, Yi Kootsk', Asiatic Russia. (1) A Town Of Eastern Siberia, Capital Of The Gov Ernment Of The Same Name, On A Plain Sur Rounded By Lofty Heights, On The Left Lank Of The Lena. The Streets Present A Singular Aspect. Being Composed Of About 400 Houses Of Euro Pean ...
Yale University
Yale University, New Haven, Conn. From The Time Of The First Settlement Of The New Haven Colony In 1638, The Establishment Of A College There Was Contemplated. It Was Not Until 1700-01, However, That Definite Action Was Taken By 10 Ministers Of Connecticut, And A Charter Was Obtained In 1701 ...
Yalu
Yalu, Yi'loo, Chosen, A River Forming The Boundary With Manchuria. In Its Upper Reaches It Is Known As The Am-nok Or Ap-nok. Its Source Is In The Paik-tu-san, The Highest Peak (8,000 Feet) Of The Shan-a-lin Mountains Of Manchuria. It Flows Into Korea Bay, Near Wi-ju, After A Southwesterly Course ...
Yameo
Yameo (also Llameo, Lama, La Mista Or Lhameos), South American Indian Tribe Of Northeastern Peru, Living Along The Marathon (upper Amazon), The Lower Huallaga And Javcry Rivers, And Formerly Be Tween The Tigre And Napo Rivers. Physically They Are Smaller Than The Other Tribes Of The Region. They Have A ...
Yancey
Yancey, William Lowndes: American Political Leader And Orator: B. Ogeechee Shoals. Ga., 10 Aug. 1814; D. 27 July 1863. He Was The Sun Of Benjamin Cudworth Yancey., A Political Leader Of The South, Who Died At The Age Of 36. His Stepfather Was Rev. Nathau &mien Of New York. Yancey ...
Yang Ban
Yang-ban (two Divisions, Civil And Mili Tary). The Name First Given To The Privileged Classes In Korea, During The Korat Dynasty (918-1392), When The Inhabitants Were Classi Fied As Nobles, Commoners And Slaves. The Nobles, Owing Allegiance To The King, Exercised Within Their Own Domains Both Civil And Mili Tary ...
Yang Tsb Kiang
Yang-tsb-kiang. Yantetsd-lai-ang Thename Generally Given To One Of The Greatest Riv Ers Of China Throughout Its Entire Coarse. Al Though This Name Is Only Applied In China To The Lower Course Of The River, The Entire River Being Called Simply Kiang, Or Ta Kiang (nye Or Great River), While In ...
Yankton College
Yankton College, Located At Yank Ton, S. Daly. It Was Established By The Gen Eral Association Of Congregational Churches Of Dakota In Boil Opened To Students In 1882, And Is The Oldest Institution Of Higher Learning In The Dakotas. The College Is Non Sectarian And Is Open To Both Men ...